In the papers...

Green blood surprises doctors 
A hospital patient's dark green blood has been traced back to his migraine medication. The drug, sumatriptan, added sulfur to the usually oxygen-carrying haemoglobin, causing the strange colour. The man's blood returned to normal once off the drug. 
The Guardian, 8 June 2007 

Underage drinking 
Dutch students have developed a powdered alcohol, which they say could be sold legally to children. The powder turns into a bubbly lime drink with three per cent alcohol content when added to water. The students say that, because 'Booz2Go' is sold in powdered form, it would be exempt from alcohol taxes and laws prohibiting sales to minors. 
Reuters, 6 June 2007 

Power to the people 
Construction of a Chinese chemical plant has been halted after local residents sent over a million mobile phone text messages in protest over pollution fears. The Xiamen city government has stopped work on the $1.4 billion (£700 million) facility to reconsider the project. 
The Taipei Times, 1 June 2007 

Toothpaste fallout 
Diethylene glycol (DEG) has been found in fake Colgate toothpaste for sale in the US. The tubes were labelled as made in South Africa, but FDA investigators' suspicions were aroused by misspellings such as "South Arican Dental Assoxiation" on the packaging. DEG, usually found in antifreeze, is unlikely to be harmful in the quantities found in the toothpaste, the FDA reports. 
The Washington Post, 15 June 2007 

Death by muscle rub 
A US athlete has died after applying too much of an over-the-counter muscle rub cream. The 17 year old's blood was found to contain lethal amounts of methyl salicylate, an active ingredient in topical painkilling creams. Deaths from salicylate are unheard of. 
Staten Island Advance, 7 June 2007